Colin Powell Dies Of Complications From COVID-19
Colin Powell from nbc news this is a special report here's savannah guthrie and hoda copy and good morning everybody we come on the air with some sad news colin powell the former secretary of state and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has died from complications from covid19 we want to get right to nbc's chief washington correspondent andrea mitchell who has the story andrea what more can you tell us colin powell has been suffering for several years from multiple myeloma that as you know is a disease a cancer of the blood and bone it is a very serious cancer he was at walter reed i've spoken with peggy soprino his long-time spokesperson assistant long-time colleague and to also to a family member he had been suffering from this for quite some time as i had known and as supposed close to him had Colin Powell he was first in the administration of ronald reagan i first met him when he was deputy national security adviser he of course rose to become chairman of the j...